The Dutch company is a key player in the US-China conflict over access to semiconductor technology. Read more at straitstimes.com.
AMSTERDAM – ASML Holding, the leading maker of lithography machines for producing semiconductors, said a former employee in China stole data about its proprietary technology, an allegation that could inflame political tensions as the West moves to restrict Chinese access to chips.
It is one of the few producers of the lithography machines needed to make mid- to high-range semiconductors – and it is the only manufacturer of lithography machines needed for the most cutting-edge chips. According to research firm Gartner, as at 2021, ASML controlled more than 90 per cent of the US$17.1 billion global market for lithography equipment, which is used to shrink and then print patterns of transistors onto silicon wafers that are then sliced into individual chips. A single machine can be the size of a bus and cost roughly US$170 million.
The new curbs will cover advanced lithography tools as well as other types of equipment, ASML said in its annual report. “We expect that it will take many months for the governments to write and enact new rules,” it said.
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